The best movie titles of all time

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Stephen Frears has some gems. I can't decide between My Beautiful Laundrette, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, and Dirty Pretty Things.

― Harold Media (kenan), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Also: Louie Bluie.

― Harold Media (kenan), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

god told me to

― kephm, Friday, 6 August 2004 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

ghostbusters

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Dumb and Dumberer

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

The Truth About Cats and Dogs

― Huck, Friday, 6 August 2004 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I either like really clever titles or really basic ones. I've always found that the title to Sergio Leone's films to be wonderful, getting right down to it and playing off the stories in an evocative way.

also, the direct translation of Hard-Boiled, Hot Handed God of Cops.

And the Stephen Chiao film God of Cookery

― Gear! (Gear!), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The Gods Must Be Crazy

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

C on my T

― Huck, Friday, 6 August 2004 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

The Discreet Charm of the Bourguoise
That Obscure Object of Desire
The Exterminating Angel
Chinatown
Eraserhead
In the Mood For Love
Apocalypse Now
Heavy Metal Parking Lot

― Chris Marx, Friday, 6 August 2004 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

― earlnash, Friday, 6 August 2004 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

The Silence Of The Hams
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
Alfie
The Big Knife
Cleopatra Jones
The Night Of The Hunter
A Patch Of Blue
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Pete's Dragon
The Poseidon Adventure
S.O.B.
What's The Matter With Helen?

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Face/Off

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Jailhouse Rock

― briania (briania), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Amazon Women On the Moon

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The Postman Always Rings Twice

― oops (Oops), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Faster Pussycat KILL! KILL!

― oops (Oops), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Kiss Me Deadly

― oops (Oops), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Rebel Without a Cause
From Here to Eternity
Howard the Duck

― oops (Oops), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Alien (the original)

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 6 August 2004 20:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid

― oops (Oops), Friday, 6 August 2004 21:18 (twenty-two years ago)

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by
the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton under The Direction of the
Marquis de Sade.

Who is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things
about Me?

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

The Incredibly Strange Creatures who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-
Up Zombies

The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks

Hell Comes to Frogtown

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 6 August 2004 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude, Where's My Car?

― OleM (OleM), Friday, 6 August 2004 22:41 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know why the hell you didn't paste this one here, too:

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

― oops (Oops), Friday, 6 August 2004 22:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I dunno, I was blinded by the greatness that is 'Hell Comes to Frogtown'

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 6 August 2004 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

that's understandable.

― oops (Oops), Friday, 6 August 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 6 August 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

and: I Spit on Your Grave.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 6 August 2004 22:54 (twenty-two years ago)

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired

― oops (Oops), Friday, 6 August 2004 22:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Bert Rigby, you're a fool.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 6 August 2004 22:57 (twenty-two years ago)

They Saved Hitler's Brain!

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 6 August 2004 22:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Leprechaun in the Hood

― oops (Oops), Friday, 6 August 2004 23:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Breakin 2: Electric boogaloo
Mannequin 2: On the run
Surf nazis must die

― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 6 August 2004 23:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Death race 2000

― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 6 August 2004 23:07 (twenty-two years ago)

And the official winner:

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

― David Allen (David Allen), Friday, 6 August 2004 23:08 (twenty-two years ago)

It's Mannequin 2: On the Move, actually. NOT Mannequin 2: On the Run.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Friday, 6 August 2004 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Being There.

― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 6 August 2004 23:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians

― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 7 August 2004 00:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Nosferatu
Big Trouble in Little China
Young Frankenstein (but NOT the David Niven vehicle Old Dracula)
School of Rock
They Drive by Night
Enter the Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Mr. 3000

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Saturday, 7 August 2004 00:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Pulp Fiction

― Wooden (Wooden), Saturday, 7 August 2004 00:40 (twenty-two years ago)

earlnash OTM: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly is one of the best.

Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid: is this a real movie? I've seen Why Does Herr R. Run Amock?, which sounds pretty similar. Also, a great title.

― Harold Media (kenan), Saturday, 7 August 2004 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

xpost

I missed Luna's post of Santa Clause Conquers The Martians, and thusly apologize. In its place I will offer "They Shoot Horses Don't They".

― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 7 August 2004 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

MAN BITES DOG

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 7 August 2004 02:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Any given '50s Sirk film:

Imitation of Life (admittedly a remake)
All that Heaven Allows
Written on the Wind
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
The Tarnished Angels
There's Always Tomorrow

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 7 August 2004 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (book, obv too)

― ReelModJ, Saturday, 7 August 2004 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

I Dismember Mama

― David A. (Davant), Saturday, 7 August 2004 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

i didn't know "Imitaion of Life" was a remake.

― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 7 August 2004 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?

― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Saturday, 7 August 2004 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Stoopnocracy

― ||amateur!st|| (amateurist), Saturday, 7 August 2004 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

The Scalphunters
The Young Savages
Let No Man Write My Epitath
Knickerbocker Holiday
The Racket Man
She's A Soldier Too
The Beautiful Cheat
Johnny Stool Pigeon
South Sea Sinner
I Am A Camera
I Died A Thousand Times
Bloody Mama

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 7 August 2004 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)

The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension
Amazon Women On The Moon
An American Werewolf In London
Animalympics
Anatomy Of A Murder
Assault On Precinct 13
The Bird With The Crystal Plumage
Blood And Black Lace
Blood On Satan's Claw
Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia
Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter
Cleopatra Jones And The Casino Of Gold
The Day The Earth Caught Fire
Don't Torture A Duckling
Flavia The Heretic
The Happiness Of The Katakuris
The Hills Have Eyes
History Of The World - Part 1
Ice Cold In Alex
Ilsa - She Wolf Of The SS
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Killer Nun
Lady Snowblood
Lair Of The White Worm
The Last Temptation Of Christ
The Long Good Friday
The Most Dangerous Game
The Oblong Box
The Opening Of Misty Beethoven
The People Under The Stairs
Rabid Grannies
The Saga Of The Viking Women And Their Voyage To The Waters Of The Great Sea Serpent
Taste The Blood Of Dracula
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Towering Inferno
Twitch Of The Death Nerve
Vampyros Lesbos
Velvet Goldmine
When Worlds Collide
Where Eagles Dare (and book)
Zu Warriors From The Magic Mountain

― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Saturday, 7 August 2004 22:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Black Jim Smashes All
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Kung Fu vs. Yoga
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 8 August 2004 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Cemetary Man

― Rabid Granny_au, Sunday, 8 August 2004 10:56 (twenty-two years ago)

the original title of cemetary man is so much better--DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 8 August 2004 13:26 (twenty-two years ago)

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